Road-oiler.



L.J. PECK.

ROAD OILER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. [2. 1915.

Patented Sept. 17,1918;

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L. J. PECK.

ROAD OlLER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12. I9I5.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY mom 0. c.

L. .I. PECK.

ROAD OlLER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. :2, 191 5.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEY L. J. PECK.

ROAD OILER.

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L. J. PEEK.

ROAD OILER.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 12. 1915.

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ROAD OILER.

APPLICATION FILED 001.12. 1915.

1,279,147. 7 Patented Sept. 17,1918.

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ROAD-OILERi Application filed october 12, 1915: Serial no. 55,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN J. PECK', a citi= zen of the United States, residingat Napa, in the countyof Napa and Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Oilers, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in road oilers, and particularly to the provision in a road oiler of means-for applyingheated oil to thesurface of a road in such manner as to properly treat the same and harden the surface. v

The invention has for one of its objects the provision of a sprinkling device which will be of such construction that the quantity of oil being applied to the road surface, as Well as the force with which it leaves the machine,

may be readily controlled by the operator.'

The invention has for a further object, the

provision of a sprinkler which will be of i such construction and operation that the oil will be, thrown from thesame in such manner .as to practically separate the drops of oil, thereby assuring an even distribution of the oil over the entiresurface of the road so-that. after severalappli'cationsof oil -to the road surface inthis manner, theoil soaking throughto the roadbed will act. upon the latter '-to" harden'the same, as well. as the road surface and as a result prolongthe life'and usefulness of the road.

With the above and other 0b ects in View the invention resides in the novel construc- -t1on,co1nb1nat1on, and arrangement of 'parts tionofthe'invention, partly insection,

showing the water coil and the connection between the same and the burner, the burner feed pipe for the same being'shown in section' Fig; 6 is a sectional view on the plane of line 6-6 of Fig. 5 with some of thefeed *pipes sho'wn in plan Specification of LettersPatent. .Patent'd Sept. 1'7,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the plane of line 7-7 of'Fig:

Fig. 8 is a plan of the oil'coil and'the pipes connected therewith Fig. 91s a plan of the oil sprinkler;

Fig." 10 is a sectional'view'on theplane'of" line 10"'10of Fig: 9. I I

Flg. 11 is an elevation of the oilsprinkler;

Fig. 12'is'a horizontal section on'the plane of line 1212 of Figtll; and

Fig. 13 is a persp'ectiveview of the cen tral cup of'the oil sprinkler.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the frame mounted upon suitable wheels 2 and having a large oil supply tank 3 mounted upon "the same with an auxiliary or burner'oil-supply tanks to one side and the water supply tank'5 to the opposite'side thereof, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and'3 of the drawings." All of the supply tanks have suitable filling" openings 6 withplugs 7 securedtherein.

Asuitable burner and coil inclosingcas-* ing is also mounted upon the frame 1 and preferably arranged rearwardly of the large oil' supply'ta'nk 3. The casing 8 is provided with a suitable door 9 and. a smoke stack 10. Leading from the large oil supply tank 3 is'an oil conducting pipe 11 which extends into the casing 8 and connects with the oil.

heating coil 12' positioned therein above an oil burner'nozzle 13, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. It will be understood that theoil conducting pipe 11 connects with one end of the coil 12 while a suitable T-connection 14 is secured to the opposite end or exit end of the oil heating coil 12,'and has the heated oil conducting pipe 15 and the'heatedoil return pipe 16 leading fromthe same. Suitable valves 17,

18 and 19 are positioned in the pipes 11, 15,

and 16, respectively, and the purpose' of these pipes will presently' ap'pear.

The heated oil conducting pipe 15 connects with the supply nipple 20" mounted," as

shown at 21, in the'upper plate 22 of the outer casing '23 of the oil"spri'nkler, whichwill be later fully described. The heated oil return pipe 16 has connection with the largeoil supply tank 3 toreturn' the heated oil to said tank 3 from the coil'12'when the valve 19 is open and the valve 1'8closed. It

maynow be stated that the valve 19 s'houldllo always be closed when the valve 18 is open to permit the heated oil from the coil 12 to pass to the oil sprinkler.

The oil sprinkler has a stationary bottom plate 24 parallel with the upper plate 22 and said plates 22 and 24, respectively, have annular flanges 25 and 26 upon their opposed faces and provided with corresponding channels 27,'within which are engaged the inner ends of the guide pins 28 carried by the cylindrical body or outer casing. The stationary bottom plate '24 has a bearing sleeve 29 depending from the same and through which the rotary shaft 30 of the oil sprinkler is rotatably engaged, the bottom plate 31 of the rotary member of the oil sprinkler being mounted upon the upper end of the rotary shaft 30 and resting upon the annular flange 26 of the lower stationary plate 24, as clearly shown in Fig. 10. The upper ring 32 of therotary member of the oil sprinkler is spaced above the outer portion of the bottom plate 31 and connected with the same by the curved oil throwing blades 33. Positioned inwardly of the upper ring 32 and blades 33 is a central feed cup 34 which is secured to the upper plate 22 of the outer V casing by suitable securing members 35 and is: provided with an elongated outlet opening 36 in its side adjacent the bottom 37 of said oil feed cup 34, whereby oil may be fed from said feed cup 34 to the oil throwing blades 33 as the same rotatepast the oil outlet opening 36. The cylindrical body of the outer casing 23 is also provided with an elongated oil outlet slot 38 which is preferably twice as long as the oil outlet slot 36 and it will be understood that both of the slots 36 and 38 are opposite the oil throwing blades 33.

7 thereby rotate the upper plate 22 and oil feed cup 34 to the desired position .to bring the oil outlet slot 36 toproper place with respect to the oil outlet slot .38 in the cylindrical body of the outer casing 23. The cylindrical body of the outer casing 23 also has an arm 48 secured upon its outer faceand provided with an elongated slot 49 within which is engaged the pin 50 carried by a lower bell crank lever 51 which is also mounted upon the standard 43 and has connected with its opposite end'the link 52,

will also be understood that the main lever 46 is provided with suitable locking means 54 for locking the same in adjusted position. after being operated to cause the lower bell crank lever 51 to swing the arm 48 and thereby turn the cylindrical body or" the outer casing 23 toproper position. 1 Upon manipulation of the levers 45 and 46, the guidepins 28 willride in the grooves 27 during adjustment of the cylindricalbody ofthe outer casing and the upper plate 22 and oil cup 34 carried by the latter.

Within the feed nipple 20 is formed a valve seat 55, with which the valve 56 is engaged when in closed position, said valve 56 serving to control the passage of the oil through said feed nipple 20 and into the oil feed cup 34. The stem 57 of thevalve 56 projects upwardly through the end of the connection 58 by which the oil conducting pipe 15 is connected with the feed nipple 20 and the horizontal upperend 59 of the floatcarrying rod 60 is adjustably secured upon the valve stem 57, as shown at 61. The float carrying rod 60 extends downwardly through the upper plate 22 and has a float 62 mounted on its lower end within the oil feed cup 34 to cause closing or opening of the valve 57 upon increase or decrease of the oil within the oil feed cup 34, as will be readily understood to Fig. 10 of the drawings. K

The oil from the auxiliary or burner oil supply tank 4 asses tov the burner nozzle 13 by way of the urner oil conducting pipe 63,

the end of which is secured in a mixing chamber 64, to which the burner nozzle 13 is also connected. A sleeve 65 i a1s0 secured to the end of the burner oil 'conductingpip'e 63 by means of a reducer 66, the sleeve 65 being spaced from the burner oil conducting" pipe 63 and connected with the steam chamber 67 which incloses onebendof the burner oil conducting pipe 63 and extends at' right angles to the sleeve 65.' While the steam chamber 67 may be of any construction de sired, it is preferablyformed of a centralcoupllng and a pair of pipe sections con:

nected by said coupling and having the caps 68 secured upon their outer ends. I burner Oll conducting pipe 63 extends by referring V The through one of the caps 68 while asteam supply pipe 69 is secured in the opposite cap 68. The steam chamber 67 is connected with the mlxing chamber 64 by a suitable sectional connecting and steam conducting pipe 7 O. Carried by the pipe 70, within the mixing chamber 64 is a smallsteam discharge pipe 71 terminating within the mixing-chamber 64 and directed toward the outlet thereof to ize,

which the burner nozzle 13 is connected. The purpose of the steam discharge pipe 71 will be readilyapparent as the descrlptlon proceeds.

The steam supply pipe 69'leads from the top of the hot water coil 72, to the bottom of which is. secured a water supply plpe 73 which leads from the main water supply pipe 7 4 connected with the water supply tank 5. A connectingv pipe section 7 5 connects the main water supply pipe 7 1 with the burner oil supply pipe 63, as shown at 76 and the valve 77 within said pipe section 75 may be readilymanipulated to permit the proper amount of water to enter the burner oil supply tank 63 at this point and travel with the oil through the mixing chamber 6i and the burner nozzle 13 to keep the burner nozzle 13 cleared of carbon and all foreign substances and assure proper opera tion of the device.

It will also be understood that a suitable water controlling valve 78 is positioned in the water supply pipe 73 to control the passage of water to the hot water coil 72. A short drain pipe 79 extends from the water supply pipe 73 and has a valve 80 positioned therein,.whereby the hot water y coil may be readily drained after closing the valve 78, when desired. The steam chamber 67 also is provided with a short drain pipe 81 having a valve 82 positioned therein and which may be opened when necessary to drain the steam chamber 67 of the water condensation gatheredin the same.

1 The hot water coil 72 is preferably formed of a plurality o'f connected curved tubes positionedparallel to one another and having their opposite ends closed by suitable caps 83. It will also be understood that the hot water coil 72 is positioned within the burner and coil-inclosing casing 8, at asuitable point above the burner 13 and preferably to one side of said casing 8 while the hot coil 12 is positioned directly above the burner nozzle 13. It will further be understood that the mixing chamber 64: and steam chamber 67 with the parts connected directly with the same and the water coil 72, are also within the casing 8, and steam from the steam chamber 67 may readily pass into and fill the sleeve 65 and reducer 66 to heat the oil passing through the portion of the oil conducting pipe 63 within said steam chamber 67,

sprinkler, it being'understood that the valve 18 is open while the valve 19 is closed. Botation of the shaft 30 of the oil sprinkler will be caused by means of the drive gear 84 on the drive shaft 85 and meshing with the gear 86 on the rotary shaft 30 of the oil sprinkler. The oil from the oil feed cup 34 will pass through the oil outlet slot 36 thereof and will be thrown through the oil outlet slot 38 of the outer casing 23 by means of the rotating blades 33. It will also be seen that the supply of oil, water, and steam to the burner nozzle 13 may be readily controlled by proper manipulation of the valves provided for this purpose. It will also be understood that the burner oil supply pipe 63 has a suitable valve 87 positioned therein for controlling the passage of oil through the same.

It will be understood that the levers 45 and 4C6 are preferably within reach of the operator upon the operators seat 88.. It will also be understood that the auxiliary or burner oil supply tank 4: and the water supply tank 5 are provided, respectively, with valved drain pipes 89 and 90. 3

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been, clearlyshown and described, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.- I 4 1.

What is claimed is 1. A road oilercomprising a sprinkler formed of an external cylindrical member closed at the top and bottom and having an inlet for oil at the top, an inner spaced concentr1c cylinder forming an oil feed cup,

a plurality of angularly disposed vanes between said cyilnders and rotatable relatively to the same, an opening in the side of each of said cylinders for the escape of the oil, an arm projecting laterly from the side of said outer cylinder, a lever connected to said arm for oscillating the outer cylinder to change the direction of discharge of issuing oil, an outwardly extending arm secured to the inner cylinder and a lever pivotally connected to the first-named lever for rocking the inner cylinder and changing the area of the oil outlet.

2. A road oiler comprising a sprinkler formed of an external cylindrical member, a fixed closure for the bottom of said member on which the latter is oscillatably mounted, a closure for the top of said member oscillata'bly mounted thereon, an oil inlet for said member opening through the top closure, an

inner concentric cylinder forming an oil feed cup spaced from the external cylinder and adapted to be independently oscillatable about the common axis of the cylinders, a

I for continuously rotating said vanes, and

Ineansconnected to each of said cylinders for independently oscillatingthem for controllingthe'quantity and direction of outflowing oil. 7

3} A road oiler comprising a sprinkler head formed With an external cylindrical body member, a closed bottom for said body fixed against movement on which saidbody is oscillatably mounted, a closed topfor the body mounted thereon to oscillate independently of the body and having an inlet for oil, an inner concentric cylinder forming an oil feed cup spaced from the exterior cylinder rigidly secured to the top thereof-and movable therewith, a plurality of angularly disposed vanes between said cylinders and rotatable relatively .to the same, an opening in theiside of each of said cylinders for the escape of oil, and operating means connected, 7 to each of said cyllnders for independently oscillating them to control the quantity and direction of outflowing oil.

- 4. A sprinkler head for road oilers comprising a ifixed bottom plate, an external cylindricalbody mounted on said plate and adapted to oscillate about the axis of said body,a top for closing said body arranged to oscillatethereon independently of said body and havin an oil inlet therein, an inner con centric cy linder forming an oil feedv cup spaced from the external cylinder and rigidly secured to the top of the same to move therewith, a plurality vof angularly disposed vanes' between said cylinders and r0- 7 tatable relatively to the same, an opening in the side of each of said cylinders for the esfiopies of this patentmay be obtained for cape of oil, an arm projectinglaterally fronif the s ide of the outer cylinder, second armconnec'ted to the top of said cylinder, and a separate operating mechanism connected to each ofsaid arms for independentlyv oscillating the cy lindersto control the quantity of oil passing from the sprinkler head and the wardly from said body into the channel or the flange to permit oscillation of=the body and prevent. separation thereof from said bottom, atop for closin said cylindrical body having a depending 'lange to enter the body formed With an external channel, pins projecting inwardly from the body into the last named channel to permit relative oscil-" lation between the :body and the top, an air inlet 111 said top, an lmier concentriccylinder forming an oil feed cup spaced from the external cylinder and rigidly securedto said 7 top and movable therewith, 'angularly' disposed vanes betW-een'the cylinders and rela tively rotatable to the same, an opening in r the side of each of said cylinders 'forr'the escape of 011, means for continuously rotating saidvanes, and means for independently oscillating the concentric cylinders.

. In testimony whereof I a-flix my slgnature lnpresence oftwo Witnesses. 7

Witnesses NATHAN F. CooMBs, A. J, JACKS.

five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of "Patents, Washington, D. 0.? 

